Terrafugia’s "Roadable Aircraft" Engineered with Virtual Prototyping from ANSYS

PITTSBURGH, PA– The world’s first commercial “flying car” will go the distance on both highways and runways next year when it rolls off the production line — thanks, in part, to design optimization from ANSYS (NASDAQ: ANSS).Terrafugia’s beta prototype design is shown in a near wing-stall case, with the propeller... [Read more]

Joe Gibbs Racing Licenses D-Cubed 3D DCM from Siemens PLM Software

Siemens PLM Software and Joe Gibbs Racing®, one of the premier organizations in NASCAR®, announced the licensing of Siemens’ D-CubedTM software for integration in specialty applications.The D-Cubed 3D DCM (Dimensional Constraint Manager) will now be deployed in any in-house software application that requires a 3D geometric constraint solving... [Read more]

Software Combination Helps with Project Success

OpenAire designs swimming pool enclosures, indoor water parks, and indoor water park structures. The company specializes in operable domed roofs for observatories, retractable barrel vaulted roofs, and large span retractable roof structures for indoor water parks.OpenAire designs unique structures for water parks, observatories, and other venues... [Read more]

Vero Helps with Artega GT ‘Supercar’ Production

DECS GmbH embraces technology and believes in process optimization. It is a combination of these factors that have helped their latest project, the Artega GT succeed, and cause a stir in the automotive world.The Artega GT is a mid-engined, rear wheel drive, high-performance sports car designed by Henrik Fisker, the man responsible for the Aston Martin... [Read more]

Software Helps Snowmobiler Win Invention Contest

Up until recently, Toronto snowmobile racer Shawn Watling used to create vehicle models with cardboard, string, and paper. Enter a professional engineering buddy who turned him onto SolidWorks software. Since then, Watling has tripled his work speed and won the Popular Science Invention Award for a device that could turn his sport on its head.Watling designed... [Read more]

PolyOne collaborates with DD Studio to accelerate development of medical wireless device

PolyOne announced that a recent collaboration with product design and development firm DD Studio helped its designers and engineers to speed development time for high-performance housing components used in the ViSi Mobile™ system.ViSi Mobile™ is a first-of-its-kind wireless device for continuous vital signs monitoring that is currently under... [Read more]

Moog Driving Simulator Heightens Reality of Virtual Test Laps for Ferrari Drivers

Moog Industrial Group has delivered a new testing simulator to Scuderia Ferrari in the Gestione Sportiva at Maranello, Italy. Two years in development, the new Ferrari F1 dynamic driving simulator features a customized motion control solution with combined motion mechanism, control loading system, complete software package, cockpit and dedicated operator... [Read more]

Design Prototyping with “Upfront CFD”

Using simulation as part of the design process involves shifting fluid flow and heat transfer simulation from the CFD guru to the design engineer. That, in turn, requires much of the know-how possessed by the guru to be supplied to design engineers like you and me in the form of built-in intelligence, so the software automates many of the decisions... [Read more]

STAR-CCM+ and Abaqus Co-Simulation For Fluid-Structure Interaction

CD-adapco’s STAR-CCM+ will have a direct link to Abaqus FEA, delivering two-way fluid-structure interaction. Using direct co-simulation coupling provides efficiency and reduced overhead associated with issues such as data transfer through file exchanges or use of external middleware software. This will make coupled fluid-structure-thermal calculations... [Read more]

Troy Lee Designs makes Helmets with Dynamic Surfacing Software

Troy Lee Designs, an equipment and clothing designer “for the world’s fastest racers,” relies on Autodesk Alias Surface and Autodesk Showcase software to create visually stunning helmets worn by world-champion mountain bikers, motorcross riders, BMX riders, snowboarders, and more than 12 NASCAR teams.Digital Prototyping software... [Read more]